If you’re interested in watching a new drama film, then find out where to watch BlackBerry, a new comedy-drama that offers insight into the rise and fall of the world’s first real smartphone.
BlackBerry is a new biographical drama film that gives viewers a new look into the creation of the first real smartphone device, which was popular in the mid-2000s for its special keyboards and software services. But as the movie shows, severe competition, continuous technical issues, and the constant shift in business dynamics eventually caused the product to fail and the company to collapse.
Based on a book by Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff, BlackBerry allows audiences to view the story of a mobile phone brand that once saw 85 million subscribers worldwide, only to disappear into obscurity when companies such as Apple and Samsung began to dominate the smartphone market.
Where to Watch BlackBerry
Critics and audiences have called BlackBerry an entertaining and insightful film that offers a new understanding of this brand’s meteoric rise and fall in the mobile phone industry (and the biopic debuted with a higher Rotten Tomatoes score than The Social Network). It also brings a sense of nostalgia to those who were fortunate enough to own a BlackBerry phone at the time of its popularity. With BlackBerry’s commendable cast and a story that promises both comedy and drama, many will want to check out BlackBerry for themselves by buying or renting it on Amazon Prime and Apple TV now.
What Is BlackBerry All About?
The movie travels through the years 1996 to 2007. In Waterloo, Ontario in 1996, Mike Lazaridis (portrayed by Jay Baruchel) and Douglas Fregin (portrayed by director Matt Johnson), the co-founders of Research in Motion, are trying to pitch their PocketLink cell device to businessman Jim Balsille, portrayed by Glenn Howerton. While the pitch fails, the trio of businessmen decides to work together and create a new prototype renamed the BlackBerry.
While RIM sees success with sales of the BlackBerry, as the years go by, the company faces severe competition from the likes of Bell Atlantic and Steve Jobs. RIM also faces problems as their products are continuously riddled with technical bugs and Lazaridiz, Balsillie and Fregin struggle to juggle their separate priorities in the company. As the years go by and more competition arrives in the tech industry, the trio of businessmen are forced to endure the highs and lows as their BlackBerry product reaches strong popularity only to crash and burn into obscurity.
BlackBerry allows audiences a better understanding of how this mobile phone rose to popularity only to fade into obscurity. Competing products such as the iPhone and Samsung Galaxy were a strong contribution, but this movie also shows that technical issues, civil lawsuits, and a lack of cooperation in the company also added to the product’s downfall.
BlackBerry also stars Cary Elwes, Saul Rubinek, Michael Ironside and SungWon Cho.
What’s The Cheapest Way To Watch BlackBerry?
Right now, the cheapest place to stream BlackBerry is to rent it on Prime Video, where you can also buy it. It’s also available to buy or rent on Apple TV.
This is a movie that promises a dramatic but humorous insight into the story of the BlackBerry mobile phone. It also provides nostalgia for those who once owned this device. So if you want to understand the history of the world’s first real smartphone and its rise and fall in the tech industry, you can head to Prime Video and Apple TV and watch BlackBerry now.
This story originally appeared on Screenrant
